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Communications and Fundraising Assistant

Annual leave of 28 days (including 8 public holidays) increasing by 2 days each year of service, plus 1 personal day per year and additional paid leave over Christmas.

Generous employer contributory pension increasing for each year of service.

Private healthcare insurance.

Cycle-to-work scheme.

Option to work from home one day per week.

Position overview

This role is for an enthusiastic, energetic graduate who is passionate about protecting the natural world. You will join our growing team in Bath, supporting our media and communications, research and social media; alongside our fundraising, with a particular emphasis on corporate and public engagement.

This is an entry-level role, providing valuable experience in communications, press, fundraising and research. Tasks will include drafting communications copy, researching funding opportunities and carrying out office administration duties.

The successful candidate will be a confident communicator, who is happy articulating EJF campaigns both verbally and in writing. They will be organised and efficient, keeping up to date records and prioritising tasks.

Key responsibilities:

Undertake research and draft reports and blog posts relating to current EJF campaigns, with support from the press and communications coordinator.

Support our digital media engagement, including producing web updates and other communications.

Research funding opportunities with support from the fundraising coordinator, including potential corporate partners and grant funders, maintaining accurate and detailed records.

Assist in gathering information from campaigners to support funding applications.

Assist in the organisation of events, including logistics handling and invitations.

Make contact with organisations, universities and prospect supporters to build relationships and grow support.

Research local and national press contacts, growing EJF’s database of journalists.

Office administration tasks.

The successful candidate will:

Have a passion for writing and presenting to diverse audiences, adapting language and tone to suit various platforms and ensure factual accuracy throughout.

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is seeking to employ a campaign assistant in Thailand. The position will include assisting with ongoing communications and collaboration with relevant Thai Government ministries and departments, engagement with a range of stakeholders across the fishing industry, and scientific, in-depth assessment of current and future sustainability measures. Successful candidates should be comfortable working independently, be confident in public speaking and especially during high-profile meetings, and be prepared to travel within Thailand.

This position is open to Thai citizens only.

Essential skills and experience:

Fluency in Thai

Professional proficiency in the English language

A first degree in any relevant discipline (journalism, social science, environmental science, marine sciences)

A minimum of three years of relevant work experience (journalism, NGOs, private sector)

Demonstrable experience forming and maintaining relationships with various stakeholders

Strong communication and writing skills

Ability to use desk-based internet research to gather information

Familiarity with Office packages (Word, Excel)

Desirable skills and experience:

A higher degree in a relevant discipline

Demonstrable interest in or experience working on any of the following topics: sustainable fisheries, fish stock assessment or biodiversity assessment, marine conservation issues, global seafood industry

Volunteering at EJF

EJF has opportunities for people looking to acquire new skills or utilise their experience by volunteering. You will work alongside a dedicated, ambitious team who will guide you and support you in your tasks. In return we offer travel and lunch expenses and a fun experience.

Sustainable Fashion volunteer researcher

Location: The successful candidate will be based in EJF’s Bath office.

Period: 3 months

EJF is looking for a creative and enthusiastic volunteer researcher to be part of its work to protect people and planet.

We are looking for a researcher to produce a campaign report on the environmental and human rights issues linked to fashion, with a major focus on cotton and synthetic or semi-synthetic fibres such as viscose.

The report will help support EJF’s calls for more organic, fairly-traded and climate neutral cotton production as a means to support livelihood needs in the Global South.

As well as researching and writing the report, you may be involved in writing webpages, blogs or other social media, as well as coming up with new ways to engage the public with this important issue.

Alongside the report, we would like support to develop and promote our campaign T-shirts, by researching new fashion designers we can approach, and ways in which we can market the designs effectively.

This is an exciting chance to gain valuable experience in the internal workings of a charity working on global issues relating to the global environment and human rights.

Main duties:

Research and write campaign report; conduct image research for the report.

Work with the comms team to produce webpages, social media features and blogs.

Research fashion designers and brands to approach with our campaign.

Help promote EJF T-shirt production and marketing and events on sustainable fashion.

Required skills:

Excellent research, writing and communications skills, with attention to detail.

Good planning and organisational skills.

Starting date: flexible in October or November

Working hours: 9am to 6pm, 3 days a week.Remuneration: This is a volunteer position. Travel to or within Bath of up to £8.90 and £4 for lunch expenses per day will be covered.

To apply please send your CV and a short covering email explaining why you would like to volunteer for EJF to volunteers@ejfoundation.org

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By subscribing to our newsletter, you ensure that you will stay up-to-date with latest news on our work and our campaigns, as well as how you have been part of achieving those goals.
We carefully select what goes into our emails so that you will only receive relevant and interesting news about our campaigns. We will let you know when we have exposed a critical environmental issue or uncovered human rights abuses. We will ask you to get involved when your actions can make a difference, and we look forward to inviting you to our events.